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AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#113926: Mar 1st 2016 at 4:42:51 PM

Not that I'd be surprised but they haven't even closed all the polls yet to count. I know Sanders appears to have lost the first to be counted, though. I know my state's open for at least a few more minutes as of this posting. Nine pm ET equates to like seven pm central time, right?

Luminosity Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Lovey-Dovey
#113927: Mar 1st 2016 at 4:44:39 PM

Guess Wall Street wins after all... fine, I'll go get a katana and a leather coat. Gotta look authentic for the future cyberpunk dystopia.

NativeJovian Jupiterian Local from Orlando, FL Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Jupiterian Local
#113929: Mar 1st 2016 at 4:53:19 PM

Where's an eye-roll emoticon when you need one?

Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.
ILoveDogs Since: May, 2010
#113930: Mar 1st 2016 at 4:54:02 PM

Wall Street did not win. For fuck's sake.

AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#113931: Mar 1st 2016 at 4:55:18 PM

[up][up]How about an entire video worth of those with shitty music?

edited 1st Mar '16 4:55:36 PM by AngelusNox

Inter arma enim silent leges
LogoP Party Crasher from the Land of Deep Blue Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Party Crasher
#113932: Mar 1st 2016 at 5:00:08 PM

r/politics is leaking.

edited 1st Mar '16 5:00:27 PM by LogoP

It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.
Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#113933: Mar 1st 2016 at 5:00:31 PM

Like or dislike Hillary, do you think her presidency would be that much different from Obama's? Plenty of things I dislike about Obama's policies but the world has not ended on his account and I doubt a Hillary presidency would be much different.

...we may need the trenchcoats and katanas for other reasons but that's not a foregone conclusion.

edited 1st Mar '16 5:00:50 PM by Elle

PotatoesRock Since: Oct, 2012
#113934: Mar 1st 2016 at 5:02:08 PM

The assumption is with her presidency, it would be Obama with lax attitude on Wall Street, lax attitude on Trade Deals, and more bombs in the Middle East.

Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#113935: Mar 1st 2016 at 5:03:49 PM

[up] Even though Trump is more of a Wall Street crony, being a millionaire from New York and everything.

Luminosity Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Lovey-Dovey
#113936: Mar 1st 2016 at 5:08:12 PM

Like or dislike Hillary, do you think her presidency would be that much different from Obama's? Plenty of things I dislike about Obama's policies but the world has not ended on his account and I doubt a Hillary presidency would be much different.

World ending? Nah. I'm not one of those foam-mouthed fearmongers. Damage getting done by a presidency is subtler and more gradual than that. I've already said everything I expect from her presidency - "fuck you, go die" on single-payer, more inept warhawkery, TPP, and siding with Wall Street(fuck the speeches, nobody, even Wall Street, is stupid enough to donate to someone who's actually against them to begin with, that's what matters. They donate to her, they love her, that should be worrying enough) being among the highlights.

The thing is no, I don't want another Obama. He was fine in 2008, but times should move on, not stay stagnant. That's assuming she actually will be another Obama, and not worse, which is big fat baseless if. I want someone who's actually progressive, not a moderate Republican with a donkey hat.

edited 1st Mar '16 5:12:25 PM by Luminosity

Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#113937: Mar 1st 2016 at 5:23:28 PM

Most of the things you mention are things I agree are not great, but I'm generally pessimistic when it comes to politics and will take more of the status quo, corrupt as it might be, over the outright open biggotry and obstructionisim being circulated on the Republican side and the strife likely to result.

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#113938: Mar 1st 2016 at 5:26:02 PM

Yeah, there's just no comparison. Hillary, even if you believe the worst about her, is still light years better than anyone the Republicans could possibly field. I would not be sad to see her as President.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Demonic_Braeburn Yankee Doodle Dandy from Defective California Since: Jan, 2016
Yankee Doodle Dandy
#113939: Mar 1st 2016 at 5:30:31 PM

Bernie Sanders began Super Tuesday with a landslide victory in his home state of Vermont.

Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.
theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#113940: Mar 1st 2016 at 5:31:04 PM

I just don't see how Democrats can vote for a Wall Street stooge that's being investigated by the FBI while dismissing someone that marched with MLK and has spent most of his life in civil rights just because he seems like another old white guy.

Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#113941: Mar 1st 2016 at 5:33:21 PM

A candidate not winning their home state would be more of an actual surprise. For it to not happen is a sign that they are extra double screwed.

[up]I'm not a Democrat nor a primary voter, TBH. (I claim no party affiliation, I'm socially liberal and fiscally moderate-conservitive.)

edited 1st Mar '16 5:36:53 PM by Elle

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#113942: Mar 1st 2016 at 5:34:34 PM

[up][up]Never seen anyone describing it like that. The part about Clinton seems to be up for debate and manufactured and the part about Sanders seems largely irrelevant.

edited 1st Mar '16 5:36:45 PM by LSBK

wehrmacht belongs to the hurricane from the garden of everything Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
belongs to the hurricane
#113943: Mar 1st 2016 at 5:36:35 PM

I just don't see how Democrats can vote for a Wall Street stooge that's being investigated by the FBI while dismissing someone that marched with MLK and has spent most of his life in civil rights just because he seems like another old white guy.

Most of the criticisms about Sanders are about the viability of his economic policies; he seems to be well-regarded for his general ideas and philosophies, I don't think he is necessarily being dismissed for being an old white guy.

edited 1st Mar '16 5:38:27 PM by wehrmacht

Demonic_Braeburn Yankee Doodle Dandy from Defective California Since: Jan, 2016
Yankee Doodle Dandy
#113944: Mar 1st 2016 at 5:37:48 PM

[up][up][up] Speaking of which Kasich has said he'll drop out if he doesn't get Ohio.

Donald Trump extends dominance with wins in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and Massachusetts.

edited 1st Mar '16 5:38:57 PM by Demonic_Braeburn

Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.
theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#113945: Mar 1st 2016 at 5:38:33 PM

Ugh, it'll be Meet The Old Boss if Hillary wins or From Bad to Worse if Trump wins >_<

edited 1st Mar '16 5:39:53 PM by theLibrarian

Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#113946: Mar 1st 2016 at 5:40:12 PM

[up][up] Guess there isn't as much of a difference between Northeasterners and Southerners as they would like to believe...

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#113947: Mar 1st 2016 at 5:41:03 PM

Spout enough racism and the Deep South will vote for a New Yorker.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Falrinn Since: Dec, 2014
#113948: Mar 1st 2016 at 5:41:50 PM

[up][up][up] "Vote Hillary Clinton, the devil you know."

...probably not the best campaign slogan, but if it comes down to her verse Trump, she's inevitably going to be getting a lot of support from voters based on that logic.

LogoP Party Crasher from the Land of Deep Blue Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Party Crasher
#113949: Mar 1st 2016 at 5:42:04 PM

Damn, the Trump train really has no breaks. Unstumpable.

It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.
theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#113950: Mar 1st 2016 at 5:42:59 PM

I've even seen a black man in the Senate say "I like what I"m seeing" when referring to Trump.

I just...I don't...I want this to be a joke...I just want America to not be as stupid as we're stereotyped to be >.<


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